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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Revolutionizing Agriculture: Zambia's E-Extension Service and Crop Monitor Unveiled
30.01.24-
Big data
In the pursuit of agricultural excellence, Zambia is embarking on a groundbreaking journey with the…
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Our people: Chun Song, CGIAR Initiative on Foresight
29.01.24Meet Chun Song, a Spatial Econometrician with the CGIAR Initiative on Foresight and the Alliance…
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Sustainable agriculture, resilient food systems, and climate action: A post-COP28 look at policy imperatives at international and country levels
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
IFPRI participated in COP28 in late 2023 as part of a wider CGIAR delegation. Following on CGIAR…
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New study explores human-nature interactions in the Afrotropics
29.01.24The extinction of human experience with nature directly correlates to the urban invasion of green…
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New year begins with release of new high-yield yam variety in Nigeria
29.01.24IITA–CGIAR, in collaboration with the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), has release…
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Flood-tolerant rice for enhanced production and livelihood of smallholder farmers of Africa
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Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Africa’s average rice yield lags significantly behind Asia, with African farmers harvesting an ave…
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Non-market approaches: What are they exactly?
27.01.24-
Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino I got interested in non-market approaches toward climate action during…
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Farming for the Future: Optimizing Land Use with FarmDESIGN tool
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Nutrition, health & food security
Smallholder farming systems in Ethiopia are highly heterogeneous, diverse, and dynamic. Low yield, l…
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Kenyan farmers in Kisumu and Vihiga are embracing nature-positive agri-food systems
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Environmental health & biodiversity
By Dickson Kinuthia, Sedi Boukaka, Kristin Davis, Wei Zhang, Upeksha Hettiarachchi - International F…
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Facilitating the 'innovation journey'
26.01.24CGIAR trainings support scientists and developers in scaling their innovations CGIAR staff specializ…
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CGIAR pledge at Global Refugee Forum 2023: Promote climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods in fragile and conflict‐affected settings
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
In 2019, the inaugural Global Refugee Forum, convened by the United Nations High Commissioner on…
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Expanding underutilized crops in Asia: The promise of millets for improving nutrition and sustainability
26.01.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
BY SURESH BABU, NANDITA SRIVASTAVA, VALERIA PIÑEIRO, AND BRIAN MCNAMARA OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Asi…
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5G technology and smart agriculture to aid Indian farmers
25.01.24-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Top photo credit: IWMI/Prashanth Vishwanathan By Shalini Gakhar, Sheetal Sharma and Rabi Sahoo. Sinc…
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Empowering the Future: IFT Awards HarvestPlus Zambia with 250k Seeding the Future Grand Prize
25.01.24In a groundbreaking stride towards fostering innovation and sustainability in global food systems, t…
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Soybean rust threatens soybean production in Malawi and Zambia
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Soybeans are a significant source of oil and protein, and soybean demand has been…
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The Agroecology Transition: Different pathways to a single destination - Eight country experiences
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Environmental health & biodiversity
A brochure briefly profiles the eight participating countries, describing key features of their agri…
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Mekong Delta Miracle: Can Vietnam's Green Rice Revolution Feed the World?
25.01.24CGIAR's Excellence in Agronomy Initiative Revolutionizing Rice Production in the Mekong Delta In a g…
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Webinar recap: What is a food system — and can we actually transform it?
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Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Hanna Ewell Everyone wants “food system transformation” and getting there in a sustainable an…
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